Brake



June 7, 1927. 1,631,540

\ 5 E. c. LE MUN-YON ET Al.

BRAKE Original Filed 1290.3. 1921 Patented June 7, 1927i..

nire, sTArs ETHAN'C. LE` MUNYON ANI) IIENRYN. IvtooEE'oE Los ANGEIEs; orinIEonNIA,` As-v sIGNoRs, BY IvIEsNE ASSIGNMENTS, To RooIrYIvIoUNfrAINsrEEnPRODUCTS, 'INo.,j 2

. oE Los ANGELES', CALIFORNIA, A ooREoEA'rIoN'oE CALIFORNIA.

BRAKE.

Application fue'areeember s; 1921, semi No. 521,073. 'Renewed Nbvenber 5, 1926.

This invention relates to brakes iof the character used on motor vehicles,- and an object ofthe invention is toV provide a simplevl l f and efficienty brake that can be readily attached to a Well known standard lsmall type of'motor vehicle.

- Another Vobject is to provide for efficient cooling of the brake drum. 4 Another object is to so construct .the brake spring with the `shockl absorber at a rela?` tively low point so as 'to' minimize 1side sway. Another object is to provide an e'ective device to prevent the Ybra-ke band from being pulled laterally, thus avoiding twisting of the band and consequent decrease of braking friction.

Another object is to provide a brake/which can be `installed on a well knoivn typeof motor vehicle Without disturbing or inter# fering with the operation ofy any of the` ordilI iaryemergency brake parts. Another vobject is to insure continuous alinement ofthe brake band with the drum so @as to prevent the band4 from `rubbing against the' wheel spokes. y 1 The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention. y

Fig.' lis an elevation looking at Vthe Inner face of a brake constructed in accordance with theprovisions of this Invention and connected with avvheel lWhichfis fragmentarily shown. The axle on which .the Wheel is mounted and the housing for said axle are shown in'section. y Fig. 2 is a lfragmental plan viewof Fig: portions 0fv the brake and Wheel hub being shown' in section. 1 Figs. 3 and 4 are elevations mainly in .secti-on on lines indicated by B-EBA-lh respectively, Fig. 1 portions of `t h e Wheel being brokenv away to contract the views. 'A vehicle Wheel is indicated at cir/,'.thehub b thereof being provided `with lthe usual brake-drnm-fasten'ing bolt holes 4c inzwh'ich arev inserted VVbolts 5; The "bolts '"5 p a'ssy through a central opening v6 in the end plate.

of'a brake druni ofcomparative'ly large diameter. TheV bolts 'also passlthrlough holes 8 in the end plate `of 'a smaller brake drum' 9(v This brake drum 9 may be the one .originally furnished with the rr1oto`r car ,v

or one of the same size to take the place( of vpreferable'to secure thehdru'm 9 tothe drum 7 at the factory, when the brake ismade, to

enable the brake to b e installed Without a` .y

riveting or welding operation,I bythe purcha-ser thereof such as would otherwise bel necessary. lThe rivets for securingv the drum 9 ltov the drum 7 are indicated at 10.. l0 as to permit the use of yshock absorbers, and

at the same time keep the connection of the The usual internal brake shoeforthedrum 9 isindicated at; Vl1 and the-mechanism for. 65 operating itat l2.' VThe mechanisml need not be described in detail herein, since the .c-onstruetionand operation thereof arevvell f understood in this art.

AUne of the important features ofthe .70

Vvention is av 'bracket indicated in its entirety` at 13. "lhisbracketfi's forked'so as Ato'eX- tend part WayA aroundy the aXle CZ on 'which the Wheel is mounted, the rarms ofthe fork being indicated at 14,1 l5, respectively. The y 'i low-er arm 14 is quadrant shaped` and exten-ds beneath' the aXlevtZ and is provided at its end With an 'upwardly extending ear 16 having "therein a. round hole v17 adapted to accommodate the hexagon nutjlS of one of 9 the' bolts 19, by which the usual radius rod -e Vis connected with the usual housing Vliange 20, that, of course, is stationary. It is to be noted that the hole `17 permits the bracketl 13 to be'assembled Without disturbing the 85 bolt 119er its nut, the hole being suiiiciently large to easily accommodatethenut7 and at the same time the nut aids in .preventing rotation of the'bracket about .the axle; Mount.-

ed in the flange 2O 'is a bolt`2l, which, in the 90 :usual Way, secures the inner brake shoe llat one side to the flange 2O,l as is Well understo'od lin this art. "This bolt 21 passes througha hole 22 vin the bracket 13 .to thus aid in securing the bracket to the flange. If 95 deemed necessary, the arm 15 may be secured by anV additional boltQB to the flange 20, as clearlyfshoivn in Fig; l( When this addi-Vv f tional bolt is'u'sech it` is lnecessaryto drill theholejtherefo'r infthejiiange, andthis is 100 the only hole that need beidrilled for assemi bling ofthe brake on the motor car. f The Vbracket `13" is provided `with a flange y 24 Vextending parallel with .and spaced fromy the peripheral face vof `the-*brake 'drum 7. 105 Y 'through a hole 27 in the .flange 24. Surrounding the outer projecting portion of the pin 26`-is acoil spring QSUretained in place under compression by a pin 29 fixed transversely in the pin 26. The spring 28 thusv Ytends to hold the brake band retracted so Vthat it will not drag-upon the brakedrum l 'when the brake is oli'. The brake band v25 is t'aced with suitable brake lining 30.

One endV of the brake band 25 is pivoted at 3l to a'lever 32 tulcr'umed' at 33 to a rod 34,.'The rod34 passes through the eye of an e`ye.bolt', and also. passes Ythrough a pivotY '36..journaled at 3'? in the other end ot the brake band'25. yThe rodj34 is provided with anut 38 which .bears against the journal 37 f so thatfw-henproperlv turned it will adjustably contract the brake band to compensate Vfor wear. Between the eye bolt 35. andl the lever. 32 isa coilspring 39 surrounding the rod 34, and another coil spring 40- surrounds said rod between the eye bolt andl the journal 37. These are equalizing springs and their construction and operation are not new and arewell understood in this art.

1 VThe parts Just described constitute the mechanism "for contractingthe brake band 25l upon'the drum. 7, and the operation is well understood .in this artand therefore neednot be described, in detail.. The free end of theelever v32 is provided with a pivot 4l which passes through a clevis'42 joining i the pivot '4l `to an operating cable43. Connecte'd with the pivot 4l is one end of a spring 44that is connected at itsy other end by a flexiblefmember 45 to the' shaft'housing j". The spring 44 serves the usual purpose of retracting the lever 32 to throw the brake Voit'Y when thecable 43 is slack. Y i

The pivot 41 also passes through a slot 46 in an arm 47v which is pivoted at 48 to a bracket 49. The bracket 49 is secured at its forward end by a U-bolt to the radius rod e. The rear end of thebracket 49 is forked at 5l to fit the periphery of a pivot 52 of the brake operating mechanism l2.v Of course y the operating cable 43 extends aslant forwardly and inwardly to an operating pedal, not shown, therefore when the cable 43 is pulled it produces a lateral pull on the lever 32 tending to rthrow the upper end of the brake band 25v toward the wheel. It is to prevent'thisythat the arm 47 is provided, said arm taking the sideA thrust, since it is relatively short, much `better than the lever 32 and, in fact, acting as a brace forsaid V- Vlever's'o as tov ycause the lever 32 to .operate vexactly in alinement with. the brake bandl25,

nuts 56 to the bracket'49.

when said lever is movedto contract the brake band. The eye bolt 35 is secured by The crossl spring, not shown, vof .the Ycar may -be connected by any shackle means to the flange 20,]the bolt for accomplishingthis being indicated at 53 and of the usual mounted inthe ange20. Inr'order toprovide for interposing va shock absorber, ofl

.any of the ordinary types at present employed, between the lange 20. andthe cross` spring ofthe car, there is-secured bythe bolt 1 53 to said flange a bracket y54Ihavingfoutwardlyfextending ears 55 to receive the pivot of the shock absorber, not shown. These ears 55 are disposed between the inner drum '9 and the outer, drum 7 so as. to not interfere with the brake lband of either drum. By

thus inserting the ears 55 between the two l drums, the point of attachmentoi the shock absorbenwithl the bracket '54 is kept *com-M so v imi-Zing side sway oit the body. Asis well fparatively low relativeto the axle, thus* minknown, side sway contributes to voverturning of Vthe motor vehicle andris therefore to beA avoided as much as possible.

The brake drum l', as is clearly shown in the/drawings, is `open at its inner, taceto theV air solthat the-air can freelycirculate/with? in'said drumto carry away the heat labsorbed bythe drum; when the brake is'in operation- Thisv prevents the heat from being wheel and thus ininiinizes'drying out there.

of by the heat of the spokes.

To install the brake described above, the

. wheel a will be removed from the axle in the 'usual way thusvremoving with itthe usual comparatively .small brake drum, corre-v .9D transmitted to the hub andY spokes of Athe 3 and with resulting looseness sponding in function to they brake druin`9. `V

Then the bolts c securing said .original ydrum to the wheel-will be removed and the origiA nal drumv will be *separated fromv the' wheel and the assembled drums 7 and 9 will be substituted for. the drum thus removed.Y Then lthe bracket 49 will be 'mounted in place on theradius rod e. The nekt step is to bolt the bracket 13 with the parts'attaclied thereto,1to the flange 20, thus bringing the brake band-25 into concentric rela- V i tion with the internal brake band l1.,y

Then `the wheel lwith the two 'drums sef cured thereto will be returned to position von the aXle so as to bringthefdrum 9 outside of the brake band l1 andv the ldrum Y7' within the brake band 25. It will be seenfirom this description oi' the assembling of the f Y tially greater diameter than `the yfirst drum open to the air at its inner face and yriveted to the tirstfdruin independently of the wheel, bolts passing throughy both drums and through `the wheel, a 4,bracket mounted on un, Y*

the inner face of the` ilange and bridging across a portion of the space between the flange and the periphery of the second drum and provided with a flange extending parallel with said periphery, a brake shoeyieldingly mounted onthe second flange Vand partly surrounding the second drum, and

meansI to control thebrake shoe.

2. In abrake, the combination `with an axle housing having va flange, of a bracket mounted on the flange, concentric drums,

Abrake shoes for eac-h oftheV drums, oneof the shoes being mounted on the i'lange'and the other shoe being mounted on the bracket,

ymeans to contract and expandeacho the brake shoes, and a second bracket mounted on the flange and having ears extending into thev space-betweenthe drumsl to receive the pivot of a shockabsorber.

p 3. In a brake, th'ecombinationwith a-venr hicle wheel and an axle housing having a flange, of a brake ldrum litting loosely Yover the llange and secured to thewheel, a second brake drum of substantially greater diam? eter than the irstdrum` open to the air at its inner vface and secured to the .first drum, a bracket mounted on the inner face of -the flange and bridging across a portion of the r 4space between the llange'and the periphery of the second drumf and provided withal flange extending parallel with fsaid periphery, a bra-ke shoe yieldingly lmounted on the 'second flange and partlysurrounding the second drum, means to contract the brake shoe, and a second bracket bolted. tothe first flangeV and projecting upwardly therefrom 'rodfconnected with said flange, of a bracket mounted Von the radius roda'brake` drum, a

secondv bracket mounted .on the flange, .a

the. pivot of a shock brake band secured intermediate Yof its ends n to the second bracket, a lever pivotally connected with the lirst bracket andV connected tothe ends-of thebrakeV band, an

arm pivoted at one end" to the first bracket and shiftablypivoted at lits oppositeend-to the free end of the lever, and operating "il means for the lever. Signedv at `Los Angeles, California, this lstday of December, 1921.' I

j ETHANCQ LE MUNYON. HENRY N'. MOORE pivotally 

